Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. China dropped 1.2%, followed by Japan (down 1%), Indonesia (down 0.7%) and South Korea (down 0.5%). Australia moved up 0.6%. Europe is currently mostly down. Russian is up 2.2%, and Norway is up 0.9%. Greece is down 3%, followed by Switzerland […]
Category: Before the Open
Before the Open (Feb 4)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan rallied 2%, and Australia and Malaysia did better than 1%. Indonesia, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong also did well. China dropped 1%. Europe is currently mostly down. Greece and Switzerland are up about 1.6%. Norway (down 1.7%), Stockholm (down 0.9%), Amsterdam (down 0.8%) […]
Before the Open (Feb 3)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China rallied 2.5%, and Australia followed with a 1.4% gain. Taiwan and New Zealand also did fine. Japan dropped 1.3%. Singapore and Taiwan also fell. Europe is posting solid, across-the-board gains. Greece is up almost 10%. Spain and Italy are up more than 2%; London, France, […]
Before the Open (Feb 2)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China dropped 2.6%, and Japan fell 0.7%. Singapore rallied 1%, and Australia moved up 0.6%. Europe is currently mixed. Greece is up 4.6%, Norway, 1.4% and Germany 0.4%. Spain is down 1.9%, and Amsterdam is down 0.4%. Futures here in […]
Before the Open (Jan 30)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. India dropped 1.7%, followed by China (down 1.6%), Singapore (down 0.8%) and Taiwan (down 0.7%). Indonesia rallied 0.5%. Europe currently leans to the upside, but there are no 1% movers. Greece, Amsterdam, London, France and Germany are down; Austria, Belgium, Stockholm and Russia are up. […]
Before the Open (Jan 29)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Japan, Hong Kong and China each dropped more than 1%; Malaysia, New Zealand, South Korea and Taiwan also did poorly. Europe is currently mixed. Greece is up 2.5%, and Russia and Switzerland are up about 1.05%. Austria and Prague are down 0.7-0.8%. Futures here in […]
Before the Open (Jan 28)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. Happy FOMC Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China dropped 1.4%, and Malaysia dropped 0.4%. New Zealand rallied 1%, and South Korea gained 0.5%. Europe currently leans to the downside. Greece is down 7.5%. Prague, Austria and Spain are down more than 1%. Stockholm is up 1.4%. Futures here in the […]
Before the Open (Jan 27)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan led the way with a 1.7% gain; Australia, India, New Zealand and South Korea also did well. China dropped 0.9%. Europe is currently mostly down. Greece is down 4.5%, followed by Germany, France, Spain and Austria, which are down more than 1%. Amsterdam, Italy, […]
Before the Open (Jan 26)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China moved up; Indonesia moved down. Australia and India were closed. Europe currently leans to the upside. Russia and Greece are down more than 1%. Switzerland is up more than 1%. Germany, Belgium, Spain, Stockholm and Prague are also doing […]
Before the Open (Jan 23)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets are up across-the-board. Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan are each up more than 1%. Europe is up across-the-board. Greece is up 6.4%, France and Germany more than 2%, Spain, Belgium, Amsterdam, Switzerland, Prague and Russia more than 1%. Futures here in the States point […]